Ross Lockyer, now in his late 70s, is retired and living with his wife Lestari near Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, in the far north of New Zealand. Friends have been telling him for over 30 years that he should write a book about his life and adventures in the forestry industry and the jungles of Asia and the Pacific. In 2013 he put pen to paper and started writing - "the book". Nine years later that one book has transmogrified into five books. The first two books "An Accidental Bushman" and "Cannibals, Crocodiles and Cassowaries" have been edited and published and have sold some hundreds of copies. The third book "The River is my Highway" was published in November 2021 and is now available for purchase. Book four is now being edited and will be published later this year (2022). Book five has been completed and is now being pre-edited and prepared for editing and publishing in 2023. Ross spent much of his life living and working in the forestry and logging industry in remote locations in Asia and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya/Indonesian West Papua, Borneo, Sumatra, Burma, Thailand, Philippines, Kiribati and others). With a gung-ho approach to life (and his own safety), Ross threw himself into his work and immersed himself in the local cultures and communities wherever he went, learning the languages and customs that helped him fit in and do his job. He had many hair-raising adventures and close scrapes, and he encountered many amazing people wherever he went.